Whitehouse reporter for Bloomberg, Jennifer Jacobs, reports that in what appears to be a Bolton shake up, Tom Bossert, Homeland Security Advisor has been “essentially fired.”
Bossert’s resignation comes at the request of John Bolton.
Trump Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert to Resign
President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, will resign at the request of new National Security Adviser John Bolton, a person familiar with the matter said.
Bossert has served in the White House since Trump’s inauguration. He’s been a key adviser to the president on cybersecurity and headed up the White House’s response to major hurricanes that struck Texas, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands last year.
But he resisted a reorganization of the National Security Council last year that made him subordinate to the national security adviser, then H.R. McMaster, the person said.
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Bossert is the second high-ranking national security official to leave the White House since Bolton began his job on Monday, following Michael Anton, a spokesman for the National Security Council. Anton’s resignation was announced on Sunday; he’ll leave the post at a future date that hasn’t been announced.
Bossert’s forced resignation is a signal that Bolton is moving to consolidate power:
Still, the action indicates Bolton is moving to put his own stamp on White House personnel. When a CNBC reporter pointed out that Bossert was seen as one of the most effective people in the Trump administration, another White House official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, responded: "That was likely the problem."